Assessment of soil degradation and chemical compositions in Rwandan tea-growing areas

Geoscience Frontiers

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 599-607

  Mupenzi, Jean De La Paix ^a,b   Li, Lanhai ^a   Ge, Jiwen ^b,c   Varenyam, Achal ^a   Habiyaremye, Gabriel ^b   Theoneste, Nzayisenga ^b   Emmanuel, Kamanzi ^b  

^a XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c Hubei Key Laboratory of Wetland Evolution and Ecological Restoration   (China)

Author keywords

Chemical elements; Fertilizer use; pH; Soil degradation; Tea plantations

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CARBON; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FERTILIZER APPLICATION; HEAVY METAL; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LABORATORY METHOD; NITROGEN; PH; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL EROSION;

RWANDA;

EID: 80255131334     PISSN: 16749871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gsf.2011.05.003     Document Type: Article

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